After all the rorting and snorting WA will realize they are being run by Bill Shorten's corrupt Commo unions and end up just like Qld and Victoria and Sth Aust.

The Socialist Public Service will bloat and the job vacancies at Centrelink will swell and the state's foreign govt debt will go thru the roof.

WA was riding on the mining horse but that horse is worn out and scraggy just like Bill Shorten.

Col Barnett is lucky he got out now before the really hard times hit.

Mark McGowan throws his hands up claiming victory now but it won't be long before he throws his hands up in despair.

He will also be hamstrung by a hostile Senate just like Malcolm is.

In 3 years time the Libs will return to clean up Labor's mess as they always do.

But of course the Lefties can't see beyond tomorrow.

There was a big element of it's time just like when John Howard left and recall the hideous Socialist chaos of Gillard and Krudd that followed.

Also Pauline should of kept her trap shut about the anti Vaxxers. An Ashby blue ?






WA election: Mark McGowan confronts 'enormity of task' facing Labor government
By Jacob Kagi Updated 52 minutes ago


PHOTO: Mark McGowan joined his family in Rockingham on Sunday, saying WA had voted for a fresh start. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

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Western Australia's Premier-elect Mark McGowan has conceded he faces an "enormous" task when he takes office, a day after Labor's landslide election victory.

Mr McGowan will be sworn in as WA's 30th premier within days, with an enormous swing in Saturday's election toppling the Barnett Government after eight-and-a-half years and delivering Labor a sizeable majority.

The Rockingham MP, 49, admitted he was surprised by the size of that swing — which saw the party pick up seats that even Labor officials gave them almost no chance of winning, such as Kingsley and Murray-Wellington.

He said he hoped to have his cabinet sworn in by the end of the week and wanted to get to work as soon as possible.

"I am not going to underplay the enormity of the task, the task is enormous," Mr McGowan said.

"We have a serious financial situation in Western Australia and a serious economic situation."
But Mr McGowan said the scale of the swing to Labor was proof voters had seen enough from the Liberal-National alliance.

"People really wanted a fresh start and they wanted change," he said.


PHOTO: Mr McGowan claimed victory in a speech to his party faithful on Saturday evening. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)

One of Mr McGowan's first tasks will be to finalise the makeup of his ministry, which will require Labor to reduce the size of its frontbench from its current 21 members to 17.

On top of the existing members, former infrastructure minister and federal MP Alannah MacTiernan is also in the mix for a cabinet spot after being elected to the Upper House.

But Mr McGowan would not be drawn on whether Ms MacTiernan would come straight into the ministry.

"I'll have those discussions with my colleagues about who is in and who is out," he said.
"I will have a large role in the cabinet selection process and I expect we will have a very good cabinet."

Labor faces splintered Upper House

Holding his first press conference since his election win, Mr McGowan said he would put an immediate focus on terminating the Roe 8 construction contracts.

He also said he wanted to launch an inquiry as soon as possible to investigate the Barnett Government's spending and "work out where all the money has gone".

Despite Labor now holding a sizeable Legislative Assembly majority, it appears likely the new government will have to negotiate in the Upper House with several micro parties.

On current projections, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party is expected to win two seats, while One Nation and the Liberal Democrats will claim one each.

But Mr McGowan said he would not cave in to any micro parties.

"We are not going to change our policies on fluoride because of one Upper House member," he said.
The final result is still up in the air in several Lower House seats, including those of Liberal leadership aspirant Joe Francis and Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.

Seven Barnett Government ministers could end up losing their seats, with Albert Jacob, John Day and Paul Miles all defeated and Andrea Mitchell and Mark Lewis both appearing to have lost too.

On current projections, Labor will hold 40 of the 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-12/wa-election-mark-mcgowan-says-labor-faces-...

BIGGEST swing

cods wrote on Mar 12^th, 2017 at 4:27pm:


If that makes you  feel better about the biggest swing evvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvver , you run with it Cods , we got the keys to city losers 

How is your first day in opposition rtards  ?

miketrees wrote on Mar 12^th, 2017 at 4:46pm:



tell that to the pensioners who voted liberal

As usual the Socialist indoctrinated Lefties cannot see the forest for the trees.

WA was totally dependent on the mining boom which has dropped off leaving WA in the lurch.

It is convenient to blame Col Barnett for the mining dropping off when it is China that controls the mining here.

So the union mad Lefties get brought in with the usual Socialist disasters following until the Libs return to clean up the mess.

It is handy for the Libs to hand over to the Lefties now when a downturn hits so that the Lefties can then be blamed for that.

But then the local Lefties could NEVER understand that.

juliar wrote on Mar 12^th, 2017 at 5:20pm:


Incorrect , we will blame libs forever as you retards do

juliar wrote on Mar 12^th, 2017 at 5:20pm:

Barnett's government has been out of control for years...

His (in)famous former Treasurer and Transport Minister, Troy Buswell, when in Europe to study light rail over there, made a junket out of it and allegedly filed a plagiarised report to cover the fact that (how shall we say) his mind wasn't focused on the job. The troubled Buswell was looped in enough to know, I guess, that Barnett would be dumping light rail and Buswell's trip to Europe was likely an act of cynical deceit to lull West Australians into still believing that his government was serious about light rail.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/troy-buswell-caught-plagiarisi...

Elizabeth Quay? No need to say much except to say that, if there is a monument to 'Dullsville', Betty's jetty would be it... And never mind the billion sunk into it.

And, gee, doesn't his son seem to have a snout for deals! A Nostradamus-like instinct for being at the right place at the right time? Or something else?
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/colin-barnett-faces-conflict-of-interest-heat-...
http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/wa-premier-colin-barnetts-son-bags-bargain-b...